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rd
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States2586 Posts
December 29 2011 18:53 GMT
#10201
On December 29 2011 16:11 Goku___ wrote:
Can some one tell me why there are so many zerg's on ladder I get 70% ZvZ and its pissing me off big time


It's entirely relative to the times you're queuing, your league, rating, region, and ultimately who happens to queue and your luck. If it's really an issue try playing at different times. There is no region/league with 70% zerg, that I know of.
Tobias
Profile Joined October 2010
Sweden187 Posts
December 29 2011 18:57 GMT
#10202
On December 30 2011 03:39 Scalepad wrote:
Okay, so I have two questions, both rather simple I suppose, but anyway.

First, how do you "lock" the screen in one place, say your main, natural etc, so you can quickly go there to stop drops etc etc?


Default, i believe, is CTRL+F5-F8
Tobias
Profile Joined October 2010
Sweden187 Posts
December 29 2011 19:00 GMT
#10203
Is the game balanced finally?


It's always been fairly balanced, and balance issues aren't likely to be noticed by 99.5% of the players. Most likely what you, and other people, consider "imbalance" is substandard play.

What is the most common protoss strategy?


The <something>-fast expand. Or in lower leagues on the ladder; cannon rushes and 2-gate rushes.
Herr Kobold
Profile Joined December 2011
Germany5 Posts
December 29 2011 19:09 GMT
#10204
hey, if I go Blinkstalker with upgrades, wouldn't it be better to geht shield before amor because of blinkstalker micro?
thanks for your help : )
Tobias
Profile Joined October 2010
Sweden187 Posts
December 29 2011 19:26 GMT
#10205
On December 30 2011 04:09 Herr Kobold wrote:
hey, if I go Blinkstalker with upgrades, wouldn't it be better to geht shield before amor because of blinkstalker micro?
thanks for your help : )


I do take it you'll make other things than just stalkers and blink-micro them in the game?
Chutoro
Profile Joined January 2011
New Zealand95 Posts
December 29 2011 20:21 GMT
#10206
On December 30 2011 03:53 Tyrant0 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 29 2011 16:11 Goku___ wrote:
Can some one tell me why there are so many zerg's on ladder I get 70% ZvZ and its pissing me off big time


It's entirely relative to the times you're queuing, your league, rating, region, and ultimately who happens to queue and your luck. If it's really an issue try playing at different times. There is no region/league with 70% zerg, that I know of.


Also if you are using any of your map vetoes on maps that are bad for your race, that can increase your chance of a mirror matchup (sometimes quite substantially).


AmericanUmlaut
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Germany2581 Posts
December 29 2011 20:23 GMT
#10207
On December 30 2011 04:26 Tobias wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 30 2011 04:09 Herr Kobold wrote:
hey, if I go Blinkstalker with upgrades, wouldn't it be better to geht shield before amor because of blinkstalker micro?
thanks for your help : )


I do take it you'll make other things than just stalkers and blink-micro them in the game?

A slightly more helpful answer is: Maybe, but if you get mass Blink Stalkers as your opening and/or midgame composition, you want to be upgrading attack anyhow. You often don't start defensive upgrades PvZ until you have +3 attack. By the time you're considering whether to upgrade shields or armor next, your composition will be a bit more complex, and it may make more sense to upgrade armor.
The frumious Bandersnatch
Herr Kobold
Profile Joined December 2011
Germany5 Posts
December 29 2011 20:57 GMT
#10208

A slightly more helpful answer is: Maybe, but if you get mass Blink Stalkers as your opening and/or midgame composition, you want to be upgrading attack anyhow. You often don't start defensive upgrades PvZ until you have +3 attack. By the time you're considering whether to upgrade shields or armor next, your composition will be a bit more complex, and it may make more sense to upgrade armor.


And what about PvP?
also thank you for your answer^^
Yokoblue
Profile Joined March 2010
Canada594 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-29 21:39:02
December 29 2011 21:32 GMT
#10209
On December 30 2011 05:57 Herr Kobold wrote:
Show nested quote +

A slightly more helpful answer is: Maybe, but if you get mass Blink Stalkers as your opening and/or midgame composition, you want to be upgrading attack anyhow. You often don't start defensive upgrades PvZ until you have +3 attack. By the time you're considering whether to upgrade shields or armor next, your composition will be a bit more complex, and it may make more sense to upgrade armor.


And what about PvP?
also thank you for your answer^^


The problem with PvP is that you wont do pure mass blink stalker and if you do, attack upgrade is much better. Its like in PvZ, you'll want attack upgrade +3 before +1 of defence and once you're at +3 attack. Why you want tthat... because +1 attack affect all the hp of your opponent vs if you upgrade some type of armor you will only apply it to about half you HP. I doubt that you'll have a pure stalker army... Or if you do... you'll die to other things...

And almost all other protoss units have more Hp than shield so its better to upgrade armor over shield.

(And btw you dont want to go double forge in pvp since you will spend too much gas on upgrades and gas units are really important...)
Master League playing Protoss and Zerg
aW YshPloT
Profile Joined August 2010
France3 Posts
December 29 2011 21:40 GMT
#10210
Anyone know the hotkeys "Camera Base" in Korean client ?

Cheers !
Mulhouse
AmericanUmlaut
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Germany2581 Posts
December 29 2011 21:48 GMT
#10211
On December 30 2011 06:40 aW YshPloT wrote:
Anyone know the hotkeys "Camera Base" in Korean client ?

Cheers !

It's not backspace? I thought that was the same regardless of language.
The frumious Bandersnatch
gentix
Profile Joined July 2011
United States40 Posts
December 29 2011 21:52 GMT
#10212
On December 30 2011 06:32 Yokoblue wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 30 2011 05:57 Herr Kobold wrote:

A slightly more helpful answer is: Maybe, but if you get mass Blink Stalkers as your opening and/or midgame composition, you want to be upgrading attack anyhow. You often don't start defensive upgrades PvZ until you have +3 attack. By the time you're considering whether to upgrade shields or armor next, your composition will be a bit more complex, and it may make more sense to upgrade armor.


And what about PvP?
also thank you for your answer^^


The problem with PvP is that you wont do pure mass blink stalker and if you do, attack upgrade is much better. Its like in PvZ, you'll want attack upgrade +3 before +1 of defence and once you're at +3 attack. Why you want tthat... because +1 attack affect all the hp of your opponent vs if you upgrade some type of armor you will only apply it to about half you HP. I doubt that you'll have a pure stalker army... Or if you do... you'll die to other things...

And almost all other protoss units have more Hp than shield so its better to upgrade armor over shield.

(And btw you dont want to go double forge in pvp since you will spend too much gas on upgrades and gas units are really important...)


In light of this (getting +3 attack upgrades in vZ and vP before starting defense), why is it so popular to do the opposite (even upgrades) in vT? Is that because gas units aren't as important or for some other reason?

Additionally, is there ever any reason to go for shields over armor in vT?
"Paper is so OP! Scissors is fine though." ~Rock
Dujek
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
United Kingdom276 Posts
December 29 2011 21:53 GMT
#10213
A question specifically to Protoss players but can be answered by all, how long roughly does it take you to hit 200/200. Assuming you haven't been harassed much and are playing a standard game.

AmericanUmlaut
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Germany2581 Posts
December 29 2011 21:59 GMT
#10214
On December 30 2011 06:52 gentix wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 30 2011 06:32 Yokoblue wrote:
On December 30 2011 05:57 Herr Kobold wrote:

A slightly more helpful answer is: Maybe, but if you get mass Blink Stalkers as your opening and/or midgame composition, you want to be upgrading attack anyhow. You often don't start defensive upgrades PvZ until you have +3 attack. By the time you're considering whether to upgrade shields or armor next, your composition will be a bit more complex, and it may make more sense to upgrade armor.


And what about PvP?
also thank you for your answer^^


The problem with PvP is that you wont do pure mass blink stalker and if you do, attack upgrade is much better. Its like in PvZ, you'll want attack upgrade +3 before +1 of defence and once you're at +3 attack. Why you want tthat... because +1 attack affect all the hp of your opponent vs if you upgrade some type of armor you will only apply it to about half you HP. I doubt that you'll have a pure stalker army... Or if you do... you'll die to other things...

And almost all other protoss units have more Hp than shield so its better to upgrade armor over shield.

(And btw you dont want to go double forge in pvp since you will spend too much gas on upgrades and gas units are really important...)


In light of this (getting +3 attack upgrades in vZ and vP before starting defense), why is it so popular to do the opposite (even upgrades) in vT? Is that because gas units aren't as important or for some other reason?

Additionally, is there ever any reason to go for shields over armor in vT?

The reason armor is favored over attack PvT is that Marines are the core DPS of the Terran army, and they do low damage, high rate of fire attacks. With Guardian Shield and an upgrade advantage, it takes a ludicrous number of hits for a Marine to kill a Zealot.
The frumious Bandersnatch
Tobias
Profile Joined October 2010
Sweden187 Posts
December 29 2011 22:26 GMT
#10215
On December 30 2011 05:23 AmericanUmlaut wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 30 2011 04:26 Tobias wrote:
On December 30 2011 04:09 Herr Kobold wrote:
hey, if I go Blinkstalker with upgrades, wouldn't it be better to geht shield before amor because of blinkstalker micro?
thanks for your help : )


I do take it you'll make other things than just stalkers and blink-micro them in the game?

A slightly more helpful answer is: Maybe, but if you get mass Blink Stalkers as your opening and/or midgame composition, you want to be upgrading attack anyhow. You often don't start defensive upgrades PvZ until you have +3 attack. By the time you're considering whether to upgrade shields or armor next, your composition will be a bit more complex, and it may make more sense to upgrade armor.


But that's what I said, sort of :S
Epishade
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
United States2267 Posts
December 29 2011 23:31 GMT
#10216
On December 30 2011 06:53 Dujek wrote:
A question specifically to Protoss players but can be answered by all, how long roughly does it take you to hit 200/200. Assuming you haven't been harassed much and are playing a standard game.



If I remember correctly, I usually hit max around 16-17 minutes. I might be fairly off though. I also usually take a very quick third (9 minutes or so). Some other people may have different answers though.
Pinhead Larry in the streets, Dirty Dan in the sheets.
LordYama
Profile Joined August 2010
United States370 Posts
December 30 2011 01:03 GMT
#10217
If your ground unit is being lifted by an enemy phoenix, do you get the benefit of air unit vision while it is lifted?
Torte de Lini
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Germany38463 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-30 02:38:53
December 30 2011 02:38 GMT
#10218
How do you beat ZvP? Sounds like a wide question, but I have this issue where everyone Protoss I play against, they FFE, even on maps you generally can't (Xel, Shattered, etc.).

How do I punish them doing this and how do I beat Protoss in general? Against Terran, I just drone hard enough until he pushes out to which I can just make enough units in time to hold his push and redrone.

For Protoss, I can't stand outside his base and see his units, because he's always going to warp in stuff. How do I know when he's going to push? How do I stop it in time? Do I have to gradually make units each time I see him warp in stuff?

Please don't suggest me to take a really fast third. He either punishes them with an early push I can't prepare for ahead of time or I just overdrone and he crushes me with his massive force.
https://twitter.com/#!/TorteDeLini (@TorteDeLini)
rauk
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States2228 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-30 02:49:59
December 30 2011 02:48 GMT
#10219
how do you find out zerg has burrowed banelings before you lose like 30 marines to a baneling bomb? let's assume you're not lucky enough to actually see zerg burrow them. are you supposed to blind scan ramps whenever you move out? if so, how many scans are you supposed to save to get all the way to the zerg third/nat/wherever you are attacking?
Torte de Lini
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Germany38463 Posts
December 30 2011 02:52 GMT
#10220
Depends on the map.
Get one raven.
https://twitter.com/#!/TorteDeLini (@TorteDeLini)
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